Deaf sports
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Under Deaf Sport is sport understood that by deaf or hearing-impaired people in their own associations is exercised or similar groups. Numerous sports are represented. In many countries of the world - including Germany , Austria , Switzerland and other European countries - and mostly in larger cities , the deaf and hearing impaired have their own clubs or sometimes their own departments in large "hearing" clubs in which numerous sports are practiced .
Teams composed of deaf athletes also take part in the regular games and sports of the hearing majority society. In addition, the deaf sports clubs hold regular sporting events on a national and international level. There are national deaf championships in German-speaking countries.
In Germany, the deaf sports clubs are organized in 15 regional associations by federal state. There is a joint association for the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg . The state associations are united in the German Deaf Sports Association (DGS). The German Deaf Sports Association is a member of the World Deaf Sports Association Committee International des Sports Sourds (CISS) and the European Deaf Sport Organization (EDSO).
There is no regional breakdown in Switzerland. Most deaf sports clubs are affiliated with the Swiss Deaf Sports Association (SGSV), which in turn belongs to the CISS and the EDSO and is also a collective member of PluSport Disabled Sports Switzerland .
On a global level, the Deaflympics (World Deaf Games) are held one year after the Olympic Games . There are also world championships , for example the International Chess Committee of the Deaf organizes the world chess championships for the deaf. The Deaflympics are like the Paralympics one from the IOC established association. Deaf people have not yet taken part in the Paralympics.